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Photograph of courtroom sketch of Jack Ruby just before verdict was read
Photograph of courtroom pencil sketch on paper by CBS News courtroom artist Howard Brodie. The sketch shows Jack Ruby during the trial on March 14, 1964. The sketch shows Ruby in profile, looking towards the viewer's right. Handwritten captions along the bottom edge of the image read "Adams apple quivered - he gulped just before sentence," "Ruby - just before verdict was read," and "Save sketch for Brodie."The artist's signature "Howard Brodie '64 / Dallas" is located in the center under the sketch and above the captions. Brodie made the original pencil sketches for CBS News during the trial of Jack Ruby after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom. Brodie then gave Joe Tonahill this photograph of a courtroom sketch as part of a collection of more than 40 in 1964.
Photograph of courtroom sketch of Jack Ruby just before verdict was read
03/14/1964
Paper
14 5/8 × 19 1/8 in. (37.1 × 48.6 cm)
Tonahill Family Partners Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.034.0040
Howard Brodie (1915-2010) was a sports artist for the San Francisco Chronicle when he enlisted in the U.S. Army with America's entry into World War II. He ultimately became one of the best-known sketch artists of the war, frequently published in the weekly U.S. military magazine, Yank, which ran from June 1942 to December 1945. After the war, Brodie spent the next thirty-five years as a courtroom artist, attending several notable trials including the Chicago Seven, Charles Manson and, of course, the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. For the Ruby trial, Brodie worked as a CBS-TV artist correspondent. Mr. Brodie recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2006. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Photograph of courtroom sketch of Jack Ruby just before verdict was read
Photograph of courtroom pencil sketch on paper by CBS News courtroom artist Howard Brodie. The sketch shows Jack Ruby during the trial on March 14, 1964. The sketch shows Ruby in profile, looking towards the viewer's right. Handwritten captions along the bottom edge of the image read "Adams apple quivered - he gulped just before sentence," "Ruby - just before verdict was read," and "Save sketch for Brodie."The artist's signature "Howard Brodie '64 / Dallas" is located in the center under the sketch and above the captions. Brodie made the original pencil sketches for CBS News during the trial of Jack Ruby after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom. Brodie then gave Joe Tonahill this photograph of a courtroom sketch as part of a collection of more than 40 in 1964.
Photograph of courtroom sketch of Jack Ruby just before verdict was read
03/14/1964
Photographs
Jack Ruby trial
Sketches
Verdict
Trials
Artist
Artwork
Brodie, Howard
Ruby, Jack
CBS News
Dallas
Paper
14 5/8 × 19 1/8 in. (37.1 × 48.6 cm)
Tonahill Family Partners Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.034.0040
Howard Brodie (1915-2010) was a sports artist for the San Francisco Chronicle when he enlisted in the U.S. Army with America's entry into World War II. He ultimately became one of the best-known sketch artists of the war, frequently published in the weekly U.S. military magazine, Yank, which ran from June 1942 to December 1945. After the war, Brodie spent the next thirty-five years as a courtroom artist, attending several notable trials including the Chicago Seven, Charles Manson and, of course, the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. For the Ruby trial, Brodie worked as a CBS-TV artist correspondent. Mr. Brodie recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2006. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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